Likely Voters and Unlikely Scenarios As I've been telling people all week here in Pittsburgh, there's ample reason for Democrats to be worried -- perhaps deeply so -- about 2010. Without major intervening events like 9/11, the party that wins the White House almost always loses seats at the midterm elections -- since World War II, an average of 17
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SHUT UP
JUST SHUT UP
Can't you see that people like you are THE PROBLEM?! You spend so much time worrying about blind devotion to your own party, and so much time needlessly bashing the other party, that you CONTRIBUTE NOTHING.
Name one thing that makes the Republicans better than Democrats. One. And it has to be reality-based, and can't involved "Sarah Fierce." I've got time.
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Except the GOP hasn't given the electorate any reason to trust them. Some form of health care reform will get passed. The economy is (slowly) improving. Our international standing has improved. Obama is by no means perfect, but the GOP doesn't really have ANYONE more attractive then the Democratic incumbents. There's no way in hell that Toomy is going to win a senate race in Pennsylvania.
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But who else have you voted for? I'm from illinois, so I get to vote for Durbin. I'm fairly happy with him. I didn't vote for Blago, either time. I did vote for George Ryan, who put a moratorium on the death penalty, I was happy about that, but not the truck drivers license thingy.
The last presidential candidate I voted for who won was Clinton I. Didn't vote for Clinton II. I would have happily voted for Jimmy Carter.
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